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Angle in MMA
I'm guessing you guys in the States see it more than we do over in the UK, which is we don't see any of it. I'm thinking it's some sort of real fighting shit like UFC.
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Kurt Angle would get destroyed. Even before the neck problems. He's a good wrestler but he's not well rounded and as a wrestler he would panic on his back. Someone would either KO him standing up or ground and pound him.
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In 2007, most heavyweights who aren't lost on the ground either wrestling or with BJJ would murder Kurt Angle. There is a reason he turned down a 7 figure sum to fight for the UFC you know. |
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I'd have to see it. I'm not one of those guys who thinks MMA fighters are somehow better than everone else. They're beatable just like anyone else. Kurt has just a good of a chance as anyone.
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Sure, they're beatable. but honestly, mixed martial arts is a rather old idea, and it's been very, very effective. |
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Oh yeah MMA=UFC
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I'm not arguing against that. Many people who come from a one-dimensional background have adapted very well, and in fact, risen to the top of the ranks. Their is no reason why Anlge can't do the same.
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maybe Brock can get in and we can see him kiss Kurt again
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Which is the main reason I said I doubt HBK's statement.
On the other hand, he would have to (like the other people who came from a one dimensional background) essentially become a mix martial artist in the process. |
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Brock I could see doing extremely well, I still though think Kurt couldn't hang with the bigger names in MMA. |
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Especially when he can still rely on wrestling--He just needs to train enough to handle striking, which I'd imagine he could before ever setting fott into the octagon. |
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At the end of the day, if he could do it, he would have. Nobody in their right mind would turn down over $1 million to fight one show against Daniel Puder. Fuck I'd fight Puder tomorrow for $100,000. |
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I suppose. If being well rounded = MMA then I suppose I could claim to be a Mixed Martial Artist. Since I've done/use/practice several martial arts and other fighting styles. Dunno. I don't think Kurt would try to go in there and just wrestle, I will say that. (Allthough a lot a of the good wrestlers that go in there do just wrestle and they tend to win via descision. And Kurt is a GREAT wrestler, so take that for what you will.)
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I'm talking Kurt Angle, in six months. He will not be that evolved to step in the ring with the top fighters. As good of a wrestler as he WAS. Trust me, with his neck in the condition it is, Kurt probably isn't half the wrestler he used to be either. |
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Like I said, I have to see it. I've never seen the man fight and I'm not about to count him until I do. The man has risen to every challenge he has ever had in his entire life. I don't see how I can count him out. 6 monthes of training added on to the life-time of fighting he's done out-side of proffesional combat and the life-time of training in general are going to go a looooooong way in allowing him to adapt to whatever is put in front of him VERY quickly.
There are guys out there who have never had any prefessional training in their lives that could step in the ring with the best of the MMA world and win. People fight all the time. People who aren't proffesionals can be great as well. It's not like Kurt's never had a fight before. I mean it's fighting man, it's not like it's some new thing. Everyone has had a fight, and some people are great fighters and never been trained. I've seen multi-level black belts gets their asses whipped in bar fights against average joe coal miners. Why count Kurt out until I've seen what he can do? Seems kinda stupid. |
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No, the thing is MMA is really just fighting. There are rules no matter what company you go to. And sure Kurt's been in fights before, but I serverely doubt he's been in a fight with a guy who could come close to his natural wrestling ability and out strike him.
Kurt could be good, but the way I took this was putting Kurt in a ring 6 months from now. And I just don't think, ESPECIALLY with his injuries that he could step to the best of the best. |
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But agian, I've never seen Kurt fight and I'm willing to give him the benifit of the doubt. I am in no way implying that he would be some sort of unstoppable Juggarnaut. Maybe he is, I dunno, unlikley. But maybe. Maybe he's a giant bitch and get laid out in one blow. Unlikely, but maybe. Wat I'm saying is I'm not gonna shit on a guy that I honstly can only speculate one way or another. I'll say this, I would LOVE to find out. |
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But a gold medal 11 years ago does not make you good now. And I think that's the point most are missing. Rob's got it, but some seem to overlook that. |
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And I promise, if Kurt took a match in the UFC, Dana White would see the gold mines that it could be and book Kurt against the guy Kurt would have the biggest problem with just so they could say they beat "former WWE champion" Kurt Angle. Dana also has gone on record with the quote "you're either an actor or you're a fighter, you can't be both." So I think that shows he would put his best fighter against Kurt just out of sure bias.
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And I gotta be honest with you, I started MMA as a wrestler, it took me 3 years to break the instinct of getting off my back. When you're a wrestler, you're not comfortable on your back, it goes against your every natural instinct. As result, Kurt would panic, and as result either give someone his back and get chocked out, or allow someone to get mount and ground and pound his head in.
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For all of those speaking about wrestlers - Matt Lindland was an Olympic silver medalist and he hasn't blown the world over. And he learnt good stand up and wrestled competively through out his career. Angle hasn't wrestled competitively since 1996.
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I will say he will be able to take people down, but I don't know what he would do once he gets them on the ground.
No way could he beat Chuck Liddell though |
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He got offered over $1 million to fight Puder for real and he turned it down. UFC still has interest in him but I know for an absolute FACT that Strike Force and EliteXC would sign the fight tomorrow if he would do it. And Dana White and Daniel Puder also comfirmed both men had contracts faxed to them for this fight and Angle never signed his. Puder is still signed to this day for an open fight. And Angle is going around running his mouth saying he'd fight for free. Yeah he'd turn down 7 figrues to fight for free? He is full of shit. |
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As for the rest of that shit I could care less. I could give a fuck about drama. |
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I'm not even sure he could ground some of the bigger names. Yeah, back in 96 he was a great wrestler but fuck me, that was back in 96. And most of the guys in MMA who don't really want to be on the ground, have such good sprawls now a days.
Again, Brock Lesnar could make it given the right direction and dedication. Kurt Angle at this point in his life (the more and more I'm thinking) could not period. |
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If this was 10 years ago I think Angle would have dominated UFC like none other.
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Round one KO 3:02 in.
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Kurt Angle is not the olympic calibur wrestler he was in 1996. I promise. He hasn't wrestled competitively since 96. I have a HUGE respect for what he was to wrestling because I wrestled before I did MMA, but he's not that guy anymore.
In 96 he would have wrestler circles around everyone, Kurt Angle in 2007 is a shell of what he was in 96 and I would say Randy would out wrestle him... Hell, Matt Hughes would eat Kurt . And he couldn't even ground Chuck. |
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Frankly, mentioning Kurt's gold medal is a moot point at this point in his life if we're talking about him going into MMA. Congrats on the medal but 11 years later it doesn't mean shit. You proved you were great, were is different than are.
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Also, do you really think, with Dana White's ego, he would put Kurt Angle in the cage with anyone but a top name? Fuck no, he'd want to embarass Kurt.
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That still doesn't change Kurt's standing though. |
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